On living not by lies
2020 has taught us through bitter experience that our societies are not vaccinated against totalitarianism, and…
America’s fate: civil war, fragmentation or collapse?
Today after the distressing events and death in the Capitol building of Washington DC that interrupted…
Waiting for the crisis to unveil
Events threaten to overwhelm my mind. The world stands on the brink of a crisis, and…
The failure of institutions in the pandemic crisis
Yuval Levin argues that the institutions of contemporary society, primarily America in his account, have become…
K.T. McFarland’s Revolution in Tamerlane’s Shadow
Over the last week I have read the K.T. (Kathleen Troia) McFarland’s Revolution: Trump, Washington and…
How democracies really die
I found on my bookshelf by chance yesterday the 2018 jeremiad by two Harvard University professors…
An open letter to America
To the citizens, office-holders and advocates of the United States of America, Your republic is breaking….
Emmanuel Todd’s Lineages of Modernity
“Never have human groups of such a size been so rich, so old, so educated, so…
The impeachment curse
The third impeachment of an American President in my living memory is now drawing to a…
On the virtue of not knowing (WordPress anniversary repost)
Today I am posting the last (for now) of my reposts from earlier, retired blogs. This…